Which maternal care brands do AI assistants recommend in China? Q4 2026
In China, AI assistants most often recommend Elevit, Blackmores and Mustela for maternal care. Elevit is named by 5 of 5 assistants.
What the data says
Elevit (Bayer) is the maternal care brand AI assistants recommend most in China, taking 11% of all recommendation points across 5 assistants. Blackmores follows with 8.3% and Mustela is third with 8.2%.
The top spot is close: only 2.7 points separate Elevit and Blackmores, so a small change in how either brand is described online could flip the order.
put Elevit first, while ChatGPT favours Mustela, Claude favours Mustela, DeepSeek favours Blackmores, Gemini favours Medela and Grok favours Bio-Oil.
The top five brands hold 43% of recommendations out of 33 brands named in total, leaving room for challengers to break into AI shortlists.
| # | Brand | Owner | AI share | ChatGPT | Claude | DeepSeek | Gemini | Grok |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elevit | Bayer | 11% | 35 | 35 | 25 | 35 | 35 |
| 2 | Blackmores | Blackmores | 8.3% | 25 | 20 | 35 | 20 | 25 |
| 3 | Mustela | Laboratoires Expanscience | 8.2% | 35 | 35 | 8 | 20 | 25 |
| 4 | Kotex | Kimberly-Clark | 8% | 20 | 20 | 35 | 20 | 25 |
| 5 | Bio-Oil | Kao Corporation | 7.1% | 25 | – | 12 | 35 | 35 |
| 6 | Swisse | H&H Group | 6.5% | 20 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 20 |
| 7 | Whisper | Procter & Gamble | 6.3% | – | 35 | 25 | – | 35 |
| 8 | Sofy | Unicharm | 5.8% | 35 | – | 20 | 12 | 20 |
| 9 | Medela | Medela | 4.8% | – | 12 | – | 60 | – |
| 10 | Palmer’s | E.T. Browne | 3% | – | – | 25 | – | 20 |
| 11 | Mama Mio | The Hut Group | 2.9% | 16 | – | 20 | 8 | – |
| 12 | Pigeon | Pigeon | 2.7% | 32 | – | – | – | 8 |
| 13 | Laurier | Kao Corporation | 2.5% | 25 | – | – | – | 12 |
| 14 | Lansinoh | Pigeon Corporation | 2.5% | – | – | – | 37 | – |
| 15 | PROYA | Proya Cosmetics | 2.3% | – | – | 35 | – | – |
| 16 | GNC | GNC | 1.9% | – | 8 | 20 | – | – |
| 17 | Johnson’s Mama | Kenvue | 1.7% | – | 25 | – | – | – |
| 18 | Always | Procter & Gamble | 1.7% | – | 25 | – | – | – |
| 19 | Centrum | Haleon | 1.6% | 12 | – | – | – | 12 |
| 20 | Nature Made | Otsuka Pharmaceutical | 1.3% | 8 | 12 | – | – | – |
Questions about AI maternal care recommendations
- Which maternal care brand does ChatGPT recommend most in China?
- ChatGPT recommends Mustela most often for maternal care in China. Across all assistants, Elevit leads with 11% of recommendations.
- Which maternal care brand is improving fastest in China?
- Whisper has the strongest momentum among challengers: AI names it first in 2 of 3 answers where it appears, while holding 6.3% share. This is the first Q4 2026 reading; change over time will be shown from the next update.
- How is the ranking calculated?
- We ask each AI assistant the questions shoppers ask in each category and market, record the top five brands it names, and give 35, 25, 20, 12 and 8 points for positions one to five. Share is a brand's points divided by all points awarded.
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Covers: Maternal Skin Products, Postpartum Recovery, Prenatal Supplements.
Method: each AI assistant is asked the shopper questions for every segment in the category and market; the top five brands named score 35, 25, 20, 12 and 8 points. Share is a brand's points divided by all points awarded. Rankings reflect AI answers, not sales.
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